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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$189,148,203
Total expenses
$168,324,671
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$1,584,524
Program service revenue
$161,601,412
Investment income
$27,005,400
Other revenue
$541,391
Total assets, end of year
$612,360,410
Total liabilities, end of year
$416,310,716
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$196,049,694
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$157,921,527
Management and general expenses
$10,403,144
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$157,921,527

Program services were 93.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DISPUTE RESOLUTION REV.

    total $160,273,674 · related or exempt $160,273,674

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SEMINAR REVENUE

    total $919,718 · related or exempt $919,718

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION REVENUE

    total $408,020 · related or exempt $408,020

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,615,041 · excluded $17,615,041

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $541,391 · excluded $541,391

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $217,384,515

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $207,871,476 · other assets $122,680

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,513,039 · other assets -$122,680

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,390,359 · related or exempt -$122,680 · excluded $9,513,039

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,584,524 · program services $1,584,524

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $8,162,972 · program services $6,071,620 · management and general $2,091,352

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $82,661,069 · program services $78,397,883 · management and general $4,263,186

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,375,123 · program services $5,190,138 · management and general $184,985

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,743,169 · program services $11,422,866 · management and general $320,303

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,554,067 · program services $6,192,759 · management and general $361,308

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $10,616,465 · program services $9,557,689 · management and general $1,058,776

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,751,004 · program services $1,263,287 · management and general $487,717

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $266,777 · program services $221,528 · management and general $45,249

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,491,089 · program services $4,330,172 · management and general $160,917

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,664,195 · program services $2,544,774 · management and general $119,421

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,771,533 · program services $7,350,836 · management and general $420,697

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,432,155 · program services $7,276,244 · management and general $155,911

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,918,294 · program services $1,752,148 · management and general $166,146

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,116,251 · program services $1,038,036 · management and general $78,215

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,249,459 · program services $4,077,485 · management and general $171,974

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $848,672 · program services $825,594 · management and general $23,078

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT ELECTIONS EXP

    total $4,197,856 · program services $4,197,856

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGE

    total $1,347,645 · program services $1,347,645

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $889,407 · program services $889,407

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIRECT EDUCATION EXP

    total $634,873 · program services $634,873

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,048,072 · program services $1,754,163 · management and general $293,909

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,420 · end of year $275

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,323,049 · end of year $35,431,453

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $37,757,207 · end of year $42,331,941

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,475,428 · end of year $6,076,180

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $56,726,712

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $34,172,598

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,040,600 · end of year $22,554,114

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $375,597,140 · end of year $477,852,248

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $18,816,705 · end of year $13,900,457

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $12,590,920 · end of year $14,213,742

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $233,298,291 · end of year $274,371,049

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $57,385,434 · end of year $105,877,406

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $94,137 · end of year $7,244,137

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $34,848,278 · end of year $28,818,124

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $158,976,329 · end of year $196,049,694

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION ("AAA") IS DEDICATED TO EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOLUTIONS-ORIENTED SERVICE.

  • CASE ADMINISTRATION:THE AAA ADMINISTERS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ARBITRATIONS, MEDIATIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN A GIVEN YEAR. THE AAA'S ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE IN THESE PROCESSES IS TO PROVIDE A FORUM WHERE DISPUTES CAN BE RESOLVED, TO PROVIDE QUALIFIED ARBITRATORS, MEDIATORS AND OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROFESSIONALS, AND TO APPLY OUR RULES THAT GOVERN THE CONDUCT OF THOSE PROCEEDINGS. THE RESULT OF THE AAA'S COLLECTIVE PROGRAMS HAS RESULTED IN A LESSENING OF THE BURDENS OF OUR COURTS AND GOVERNMENT.

    Expenses $153,491,378 · Grants $1,000,000 · Revenue $160,150,994

  • EDUCATION AND PUBLICATIONS: THE AAA EDUCATION SERVICES DIVISION PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. ITS FOCUS IS EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS BOTH IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS AS WELL AS ONLINE FORMATS TO ARBITRATORS AND MEDIATORS SERVING THE AAA AND ICDR AS WELL AS ADVOCATES, BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE GOAL OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSES.

    Expenses $4,430,149 · Grants $584,524 · Revenue $1,327,738

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • BARBARA BENNINGTON

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • BARBARA MCGIVERN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • BRIDGET MCCORMACK

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,937,644
    From this org
    $1,536,857
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $400,787
    Hours/week
    50 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $872,726
    Bonus
    $650,500
    Other
    $13,631
    Deferred
    $370,409
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,378
    Filer's total
    $1,937,644

  • DAVE HINDT

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • DAYNA ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • J MICHAEL KIRKLAND

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related

  • KAREN P LAYNG

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2 related

  • KATHERINE E ADKINS ESQ

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 07/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • KIMBERLY WIEHL

    CHAIRPERSON (OUTGOING)/ DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • MARTIN F SCHEINMAN ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW BIBEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • MICHELLE JOHNSON TIDJANI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • RICHARD A ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • TROOPER SANDERS

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2.5 related

  • WILLIAM CROSBY

    CHAIRPERSON OF COUNCIL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • CHRISTINE L NEWHALL

    SVP/ DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $731,385
    From this org
    $661,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,874
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $402,282
    Bonus
    $240,500
    Other
    $18,729
    Deferred
    $30,202
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,672
    Filer's total
    $731,385

  • DIANA N DIDIA

    EVP/CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,163,324
    From this org
    $915,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $247,352
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $556,779
    Bonus
    $350,500
    Other
    $8,693
    Deferred
    $199,657
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,695
    Filer's total
    $1,163,324

  • ERIC DILL

    SVP/ CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $943,411
    From this org
    $752,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $190,722
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $470,903
    Bonus
    $270,500
    Other
    $11,286
    Deferred
    $150,222
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,500
    Filer's total
    $943,411

  • ERIC P TUCHMANN

    OUTGOING EVP/CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND CORP SEC

    Total calculated
    $941,032
    From this org
    $917,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,558
    Hours/week
    50 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,756
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $723,718
    Deferred
    $9,883
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,675
    Filer's total
    $941,032

  • FRANCESCO ROSSI

    EVP/ CHIEF OPERATING AND REVENUE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,525,539
    From this org
    $1,178,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $346,989
    Hours/week
    50 + 2.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $736,511
    Bonus
    $430,500
    Other
    $11,539
    Deferred
    $294,802
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,187
    Filer's total
    $1,525,539

  • KELLY WEISBROD

    SVP/ CFO

    Total calculated
    $836,646
    From this org
    $708,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $128,033
    Hours/week
    50 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $465,672
    Bonus
    $240,500
    Other
    $2,441
    Deferred
    $110,663
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,370
    Filer's total
    $836,646

  • MAUREEN KURDZIEL

    SVP/DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $825,455
    From this org
    $714,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $110,860
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $443,859
    Bonus
    $260,500
    Other
    $10,236
    Deferred
    $104,115
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,745
    Filer's total
    $825,455

  • SASHA CARBONE

    SVP/ GENERAL COUNSEL, ASST CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $923,865
    From this org
    $753,912
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $169,953
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $509,391
    Bonus
    $240,500
    Other
    $4,021
    Deferred
    $115,956
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,997
    Filer's total
    $923,865

  • MICHAEL A MARRA

    DVP, BUSINESS DEVELPOMENT

    Total calculated
    $432,582
    From this org
    $348,093
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,489
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,493
    Bonus
    $113,014
    Other
    $3,586
    Deferred
    $45,569
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,920
    Filer's total
    $432,582

  • MICHAEL JOSELOFF

    SVP/ CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $428,891
    From this org
    $340,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,129
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $338,037
    Bonus
    $750
    Other
    $1,975
    Deferred
    $51,086
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,043
    Filer's total
    $428,891

  • STEVEN ERRICK

    SVP/ CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $881,887
    From this org
    $731,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $149,901
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $460,433
    Bonus
    $260,500
    Other
    $11,053
    Deferred
    $108,273
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,628
    Filer's total
    $881,887

  • SVETLANA GITMAN

    DVP, BUSINESS DEVELPOMENT

    Total calculated
    $418,107
    From this org
    $348,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,734
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,483
    Bonus
    $113,139
    Other
    $751
    Deferred
    $47,451
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,283
    Filer's total
    $418,107

  • TRACEY FRISCH

    DVP/ MEDIATION

    Total calculated
    $394,917
    From this org
    $345,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,747
    Hours/week
    50 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,417
    Bonus
    $78,397
    Other
    $1,356
    Deferred
    $47,689
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,058
    Filer's total
    $394,917

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINES 4A-B
ERIC P. TUCHMANN RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF 719,125 IN 2025. AMOUNTS REPORTED IN COLUMN (C) OF PART II OF SCHEDULE J REFLECT CREDITS TO A SECTION 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN COVERING CERTAIN KEY EMPLOYEES, BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD, AS WELL AS A RATIONALE FOR THE REASONABLENESS OF THE COMPENSATION, UNDER SECTION 4958 OF THE INTERNAL SUBJECT TO VESTING REQUIREMENTS. THE PLAN WAS APPROVED FOLLOWING EVALUATION COMPENSATION CONSULTING FIRM'S ISSUANCE OF AN OPINION LETTER CERTIFYING TO REVENUE CODE. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN DURING 2025: -BRIDGET MCCORMACK -CHRISTOPHER FRACASSA -DEBORAH HOLMES -DIANA N. DIDIA -ERIC DILL -FRANCESCO ROSSI -KELLY WEISBROD -MAUREEN KURDZIEL -MICHAEL JOSELOFF -MICHAEL MARRA -SASHA CARBONE -STEVEN ANDERSEN -STEVEN ERRICK -SVETLANA GITMAN -TRACEY FRISCH
PART I, LINE 5
SENIOR MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION INCLUDES THE POTENTIAL FOR ANNUAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AWARDS, WHICH MAY BE BASED, IN PART, UPON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS RELATED TO MISSION, INITIATIVES, PROJECTS, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND OTHER OUTCOMES. THESE AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B (II) AND INCLUDED IN THE 2025 W-2.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • ODRCOM INC

    C · DISPUTE RESOLUTION · NY · 100% owned · share of income -$1,442,679 · share of assets $3,569,013 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
17 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622639349300102

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